Medical Equipment Repairers
Tasks Include:
- Examine medical equipment or facility's structural environment and check for proper use of equipment to protect patients and staff from electrical or mechanical hazards and to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
- Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
- Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
- Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
- Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
- Explain or demonstrate correct operation or preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel.
- Study technical manuals or attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +9.9%
National: +16.9%
Education
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$57,860.00
State
$58,590.00
Regional
Medical Equipment Repairers
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Education
Required Level of Education
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 39.32%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 34.72%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 13.28%
- Some College Courses = 12.67%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 40%
- None = 25.04%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 22.39%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 8.83%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 3.74%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 25.03%
- Up to and including 1 month = 24.95%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.93%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.67%
- None = 9.76%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.22%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.45%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 23.01%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 22.21%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 21.50%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 21.16%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 7.36%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.45%
- None or short demonstration = 1.31%
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Examine medical equipment or facility's structural environment and check for proper use of equipment to protect patients and staff from electrical or mechanical hazards and to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
- Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
- Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
- Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
- Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
- Explain or demonstrate correct operation or preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel.
- Study technical manuals or attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge.
- Plan and carry out work assignments, using blueprints, schematic drawings, technical manuals, wiring diagrams, or liquid or air flow sheets, following prescribed regulations, directives, or other instructions as required.
- Solder loose connections, using soldering iron.
- Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition, in accordance with regulations.
- Research catalogs or repair part lists to locate sources for repair parts, requisitioning parts and recording their receipt.
- Evaluate technical specifications to identify equipment or systems best suited for intended use and possible purchase, based on specifications, user needs, or technical requirements.
- Compute power and space requirements for installing medical, dental, or related equipment and install units to manufacturers' specifications.
- Repair shop equipment, metal furniture, or hospital equipment, including welding broken parts or replacing missing parts, or bring item into local shop for major repairs.
- Inspect, test, or troubleshoot malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers' specifications and using test and analysis instruments.
- Install medical equipment.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Contribute expertise to develop medical maintenance standard operating procedures.
- Supervise or advise subordinate personnel.
- Make computations relating to load requirements of wiring or equipment, using algebraic expressions and standard formulas.
- Fabricate, dress down, or substitute parts or major new items to modify equipment to meet unique operational or research needs, working from job orders, sketches, modification orders, samples, or discussions with operating officials.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Medical Equipment Repairers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Adjustable wrenches
- Moisture meters (Air line moisture meters)
- Hex keys (Allen wrenches)
- Voltage or current meters (Amp meters)
- Analytical balances
- Alignment jig (Antistatic alignment tools)
- Anti static floor mats (Antistatic floor mats)
- Acoustic sensors (Audio meters)
- Awls
- Wire or cable cutters (Cable cutters)
- Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
- Chemistry analyzers (Chemical analyzers)
- Cold chisels
- Squares (Combination squares)
- Medical computed tomography CT or CAT quality assurance or calibration phantoms or devices (Computed tomography CT calibration phantoms)
- Conductivity meters (Conductance meters)
- Conduit benders (Conduit bending tools)
- Circuit tester (Continuity testers)
- Power drills (Cordless drills)
- Open end wrenches (Crescent wrenches)
- Cardiac pacemaker generators or implantable defibrillators or accessories (Defibrillator analyzers)
- Densitometers
- Desktop computers
- Soldering or desoldering or combined stations (Desoldering tools)
- Diagonal cut pliers (Diagonal cutting pliers)
- Photometers (Differential photometers)
- Compression testers (Digital force gauges)
- Medical x ray quality assurance or calibration devices (Digital mAs meters)
- Network analyzers (Digital multifunction analyzers)
- Multimeters (Digital multimeters)
- Oscilloscopes (Digital storage oscilloscopes DSO)
- Voltage or current meters (Digital voltmeters DVM)
- Medical radiation films or badges (Dosimetry badges)
- Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment or accessories or related products (Electrical surgical unit analyzers)
- Hammers (Electrician's hammers)
- Linemans pliers (Electrician's pliers)
- Utility knives (Electricians' knives)
- Acute care fetal or maternal monitoring units or accessories (Fetal monitor simulators)
- Flow sensors (Flow meters)
- Frequency counters or timer or dividers (Frequency counters)
- Saws (Hacksaws)
- Files (Half-round files)
- Tachometers (Hand tachometers)
- Voltage or current meters (High voltage probes)
- Intravenous infusion pump analyzers or sensors (Infusion pump testers)
- Wire cutters (Insulated wire cutters)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Longnose pliers (Long nose pliers)
- Ventilator accessories (Lung simulators)
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI quality assurance or calibration phantoms or devices (Magnetic resonance imaging MRI calibration phantoms)
- Levels (Magnetic torpedo levels)
- Tweezers (Magnetic tweezers)
- Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
- Megohmmeters
- Multi gas monitors (Multi-gas analyzers)
- Needlenose pliers
- Voltage or current meters (Neon testers)
- Voltage or current meters (Non-contact voltage probes)
- Blood pressure measuring instrument accessories (Non-invasive blood pressure NIBP simulators)
- Nut drivers
- Binocular light compound microscopes (Optical compound microscopes)
- Oscilloscopes
- Oxygen gas analyzers (Oxygen test meters)
- Frequency calibrator or simulator (Patient simulators)
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
- pH meters (pH indicators)
- Phasemeters (Phase rotation meters)
- Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
- Pipe wrenches
- Power screwguns (Power screwdrivers)
- Power drills (Power tap tools)
- Utility knives (Precision knives)
- Levels (Precision levels)
- Pressure indicators (Pressure gauges)
- Pressure indicators (Pressure meters)
- Pressure or vacuum recorders (Pressure vacuum meters)
- Pulse oximeter unit accessories (Pulse oximetry test systems)
- Adjustable widemouth pliers (Pump pliers)
- Putty knives
- Files (Rat tail files)
- Safety glasses
- Goggles (Safety goggles)
- End cut pliers (Side cutting pliers)
- Sockets (Socket wrenches)
- Soldering irons or guns (Soldering guns)
- Frequency analyzers (Spectrum analyzers)
- Screwdrivers (Straight screwdrivers)
- Tinners snips (Tin snips)
- Torx keys (Torx drivers)
- Medical ultrasound or doppler or echo transducers or accessories (Ultrasound leakage testers)
- Wattmeters (Ultrasound wattmeters)
- Ventilator accessories (Ventilator analyzers)
- Wire lug crimping tool (Wire crimpers)
- Stripping tools (Wire strippers)
- Antistatic wrist straps (Wrist anti-static straps)
Technologies Include:
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Facilities management software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS software
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Medical software
- Medical equipment diagnostic software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Special Requirements
NOTE: A Bachelor's degree does not replace work experience requirements.
Required Fees:
For More Information, Contact:
The Association For The Advancement Of Medical Instrumentation
1110 North Glebe Road
Suite 220
Arlington, VA 22201-4795
Phone: 703.525.4890
Fax: 703.276.0793
http://www.aami.org/index.htm
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Medical Equipment Repairers
Additional Resources
For more information about camera repair careers, contact:
The National Association of Photo Equipment Technicians (NAPET)
3000 Picture Pl.
Jackson, MI 49201
For additional information on medical equipment repair, contact your local medical equipment repair shop or hospital.
For information on musical instrument repair, including schools offering training, contact:
National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians (NAPBIRT)
P.O. Box 51
Normal, IL 61761
http://www.napbirt.org
For additional information on piano repair work, contact:
Piano Technicians Guild
3930 Washington St.
Kansas City, MO 64111-2963
http://www.ptg.org
For information about training, mentoring programs, and schools with programs in precision instrument repair, contact:
ISA-The Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society
67 Alexander Dr.
P.O. Box 12277
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
http://www.isa.org
For information about watch and clock repair and a list of schools with related programs of study, contact:
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute (AWI)
701 Enterprise Dr.
Harrison, OH 45030-1696
http://www.awinet.org/
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Medical Equipment Repairers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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79.25 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
73.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
71.75 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
64.50 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
59.75 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
50.75 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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81.25 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
75.00 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
72.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
62.50 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
59.50 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50.00 | Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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68.75 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
59.50 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
56.25 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
56.25 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
56.25 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
56.25 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
56.25 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
53.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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90.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
85.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
84.50 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
81.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
80.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
77.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
76.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
76.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
75.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
74.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
69.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
69.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
68.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
66.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
64.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
61.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
59.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
58.75 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
57.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
55.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
54.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
52.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
50.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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90.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
86.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
83.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
77.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
74.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
73.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
71.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
71.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
68.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
67.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
67.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
67.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
66.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
51.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
61.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
61.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
55.50 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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94.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
94.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
93.20 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
93.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
90.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
88.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
87.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
86.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
85.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
81.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
78.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
76.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
76.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
75.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
75.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
71.40 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
70.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
70.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
70.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
67.80 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
67.80 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
66.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
64.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
60.60 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
60.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
59.40 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
58.00 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
55.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
54.60 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
54.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
52.60 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
52.60 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
51.80 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
50.60 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
50.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
49.80 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Medical Equipment Repairers
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $35,530.00 | $57,860.00 | $76,340.00 |
Virginia | $34,590.00 | $58,590.00 | $73,000.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $45,667.87 | $61,894.03 | $82,955.80 |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $34,589.27 | $51,047.57 | $67,116.20 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $40,936.93 | $59,150.81 | $68,228.21 |
Hampton Roads | $37,465.15 | $59,149.77 | $69,567.18 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $35,897.15 | $53,891.32 | $63,329.37 |
Northern Virginia | $45,602.58 | $62,158.30 | $81,328.73 |
Piedmont Workforce | $41,468.57 | $53,760.74 | $70,528.91 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | $29,471.77 | $44,281.23 | $58,526.92 |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 59,100 | 69,100 | +16.9% |
Virginia | 1,214 | 1,334 | +9.9% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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